UH Mānoa mathematicians to work with K-12 teachers and students

A team of UH Mānoa mathematics professors will launch the School and University Partnership for Educational Renewal in Mathematics (SUPER-M), at the new project’s opening ceremony on Friday, August 21, at 9 a.m.

The two-day workshop on August 21 and 22 will be held at Keller Hall, room 303. Keller Hall is located near the visitor parking lot behind Kennedy Theatre.

Led by Monique Chyba, the UH Mānoa team—whose members include Erik Guentner, Mirjana Jovovic, Michelle Manes and David Ross—was awarded a grant of approximately $2.7 million over a period of five years by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring the expertise of UH Mānoa research mathematicians into K-12 classrooms in Hawaiʻi.

SUPER-M reflects the ongoing commitment of UH Mānoa to mathematics education in the wider Hawaiʻi community. SUPER-M will partner graduate Fellows in the mathematics department with K-12 mathematics teachers from public schools on Oʻahu, Maui and the Big Island.

The grant is provided under NSF’s Division of Graduate Education, in its GK-12 (Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education) program, which has funded approximately 20 projects each year since its establishment in 1999. The program recognizes the impact that vibrant graduate research departments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields can have on the quality of education at the K-12 level.